De La Rue produced a range of high quality games at the end of the Victorian period and into the early 1900s. The “Cavalry Game” - registered in c.1914 - aims to teach identification of the various Dragoon Guard regiments. Players compete through drawing and exchanging cards to complete sets of the regiments, and the … Continue reading Cavalry Card Game
20th Hussars
20th Sweetheart Brooch
A first world war, hallmarked silver sweetheart brooch for the 20th Hussars.
XHX D
20th Hussars Cap badge with a letter 'D' in the middle?
Drum Horse
Drum Horse of the 20th Hussars (xHx)
Lt. Col. H. G. Proctor-Beauchamp
Colonel Sir Horace George Proctor-Beauchamp gained notoriety as the colonel who led a disastrous attack on the Turks at Gallipoli which wiped out the 5th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment on 12 August 1915 and brought about his own death. He was appointed CO of the 1/5th Norfolks on 14 Nov 1914 having been a … Continue reading Lt. Col. H. G. Proctor-Beauchamp
Tea Pot xHx
A Tea Pot of the 20th Hussars
20 Hussars Postcard
A postcard dedicated to the History of the 20th Hussars
The Battle of Suakin
The headstones of four 20th Hussars cavalry men killed at Battle of Gemaizah in 1888 whose remains were re-interred in the Khartoum Cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (This image shows the headstones close together, they are actually further apart) Private E. Jordan | Private E. A. Howes | Private C. Thomas | Trumpeter … Continue reading The Battle of Suakin
20th Hussar Scouts
Here the 20th Hussars are scouting, looking for enemy positions ahead of the advancing infantry and artillery during the First World War. When they made contact with the enemy they would report that back to those advancing troops.
20th Hussars Riding Whip
20th Hussars Suakin Expedition 1886 Calvary Horse Riding Whip More about the uniform of the 20th Hussars HERE
History of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 
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